s. >> your realtime captioner: linda marie macdonald good monday morning, 5:00. rain and wind, the first major fall storm moving in. what to expect for your drive this morning. >> mr. vogelson is on and so is game 7. the giants offense clicks as the history making season continues. it's busy because of the wet weather. top traffic trouble spots coming up. good morning, i'm juliette goodrich. michelle griego is off.

>> i'm frank mallicoat. it's monday, october 22. time now 5:00. the first storm system is here bringing rain and wind across the bay area. >> let's get to it. right over to meteorologist lawrence karnow. he is watching the radar. >> i'm so excited to get the rain back. rain coming down in the north bay. heavy rainfall coming down, scattered showers around the bay area early on overnight but it's going to be picking up over the next few hours so for the commute, yeah, look at the rain beginning to slide down along the peninsula and looks like it will continue to intensify as we head throughout the morning. in fact, we are seeing the heaviest amounts of rainfall in the north bay right now. maybe upwards of an inch of rain in some spots. want to take you in toward lucky drive where we're seeing a good shower coming down there. we have a reporter out there. elissa harrington is hanging out. is doppler radar working this morning? >> reporter: it is. the rain is coming down hard here and we are in corte madera along lucky drive where we are seeing localized flooding including here as you go on to

the entrance to 101 north. so the california highway patrol is urging drivers to reduce speed below the posted limit throughout the marin area because of flooded freeway sections. now, this is the first significant rainfall of the season and it is causing some major problems throughout the bay area. here are some other areas drivers should be aware of. there is flooding in larkspur on 101 northbound, sir francis drake. also in oakland, flooding on 880 south at 980 west and standing water on 580 at highway 24. expect delays there. the right lane and shoulder are affected. also, in calistoga avoid the area on highway 29 before tubbs lane. the lanes are blocked. some of the biggest problems in antioch. there is a sig alert on highway 4 at hillcrest because of flooding. this is the first rain we're seeing in quite a while so drivers take it easy out there. you're going to want to maintain minor pressure on your brakes. you're going to want to drive

slower than usual. make sure you're not skidding or hydroplaning. best advice, go slow. if you have been waiting to replace your worn tires now is the time. we are well into fall. winter around the corner. the weather is changing and you want to be safe on the roads. >> thank you. we have good news for commuters. construction on the san mateo bridge finished way ahead of schedule and it reopened about half hour ago. so we're showing you a live look at the traffic on the bridge right now not bad. it's been closed since 10:00 friday night so crews could make the much-needed seismic upgrades and repaies. crews have been so efficient they won't need to close the bridge again next weekend as planned for upgrades and repairs. liz took the right day off because i have a feeling you're going to be busy. >> how convenient she took today off because it's raining on the roads. in fact, we have lots of troubles to report. so grab a jacket, get out early if you can.

good news/highway 4. all lanes open westbound 4 at hillcrest. it was closed while they cleared flooding. we are seeing delays off the antioch bridge so give yourself some extra time as you work your way through there. another accident westbound 580 at harrison blocking lanes. slow conditions as you approach the scene where that accident is. possible injuries reported, as well. and again we have flooding reported in and around the area throughout the bay area so be careful as you go out the door this morning. no accidents or flooding on 80 but you can see i-80 is very busy on the eastshore freeway near ashby. slow conditions may also be as you approach the bay bridge making the turns on the ramps and so on so be careful exiting the freeways. 880 okay. we had early-morning trouble spots on 880 near 980 but that's cleared out of the roads. southbound moving along as you work your way towards hayward so a great day to use mass transit. bart, ace, muni, caltrain and your ferries all right on time this morning. so if you want to avoid the wet roads, that's a good choice.

back to you guys. >> thank you. the storm is causing power outages around the bay area, as well. an outage in oakland started with 7,000 customers. pg&e says it's down about 1900 right now and in san bruno and south san francisco, 800 customers in the dark. 5:05. new this morning, a train in fremont actually collides into a truck splitting it in two. the accident happened around 3 a.m. this morning on auto mall parkway near noble drive. it appears the truck driver drove on the railroad crossing tracks. the vehicle was struck and a union pacific cargo train hit it after the vehicle got stuck. the driver got out before the collision. this is in a remote part of fremont so no marriage traffic delays to report. -- so no major traffic delays to report.

pagan! game over! game 7 tomorrow night. >> and that game 7 is a got to win it game for the giants. last night they beat the cardinals 6-1 in game 6. they looked great so the moment of truth, well, it's here. tonight the final game of the national league championship series starts at 5:00 tonight. the winner moves on to the world series. the loser is done. let's get over to cbs 5 reporter cate caugiran with more on the exciting run for the world series. they don't make it easy. >> reporter: so close you can taste it. the giants are basically really excited and now all these fans are going to be waking up both excited and anxious about tonight's nail biting game. now, thanks to ryan vogelson and the team the giants have a chance to get back to baseball's biggest stage. the right hander struck out a career-high nine. marco scutaro delivered a two-

run double and buster posey drove in the first run. the two teams' previous world series champions but last night went to the giants handing st. louis a 6-1 loss. >> we had a rough one but game 7 we plan on coming back. we're the comeback cards. that's what they call us. >> the winner-take-all game will be tonight at 5:00 here at at&t park. matt cain and kyle lohse are set to pitch a rematch of game 3. now this is the first game 7 to be played in san francisco in 50 years. i looked that up. and ticket prices, not sold out. if you want a ticket for standing room only those about $130. live at at&t park, cate caugiran, cbs 5. >> thank you. a fight in the stands overshadowed what was supposed to be a celebratory weekend for the san jose earthquakes.

during yesterday's game against the l.a. galaxy an altercation involving dozens of people broke out in the stands. an additional 20 officers had to be called in to restore order. when police got it settled, 100 were removed from the stadium, 7 arrests including battery on an officer and resisting arrest. time now 5:08. and it is on to the race for the white house. tonight president obama and mitt romney meet for the final debate. this is the last chance for undecided voters to see both candidates take on foreign policy. randall pinkston is in boca raton, florida with more on the final matchup. randall. >> reporter: good morning. expect mitt romney to come out swinging on the benghazi attack citing it as failure of the obama administration of foreign

policy. the president said he is handling the crisis as well as winding down afghanistan. reporter: this will be the third and final time that the two candidates take the stage together for debate. >> this debate matters more than ever before. >> reporter: expect moderator bob schiefferer to spend plenty of time on libya. on sunday, republican senator marco rubio suggested the obama campaign tried to keep the foreign policy focus on the death of bin laden. >> is that why for two weeks they told us that the libyan incident in benghazi was a popular uprising and not a terrorist attack? because it ran counter to their campaign there. >> reporter: obama campaign officials say it's not their candidate who is playing politics with libya. >> even while the flames were burning in benghazi, mitt romney was sending out political press releases. >> reporter: president obama had a lead in the polls when the debates began. but the race has gotten tighter since then and the new cbs news poll of a key swing state shows the same result. in the battleground state of ohio, the president leads mitt romney 50 to 45% down from a 10- point lead at the end of september.

>> the president created this false image of mitt romney in the minds of some voters knocked down in the first debate. >> reporter: the obama campaign has plenty to be excited about. early voters in ohio favor the president 54-39%. >> if you look at the early voting that's going on around the country, it's very robust and it's very favorable to us and we think that's a better indicator than these public polls which are frankly all over the map. >> reporter: the president also leads among those who say they are going to vote on election day. randall pinkston, cbs news, boca raton, florida. and, of course, the romney campaign is pointing out if you look at the trend line of the polls, they are moving up, the president is moving down. and, of course, the romney campaign likes that. reporting live in boca raton, florida, i'm randall pinkston. back to you. >> randall, we have been talking about foreign policy especially tonight the highlights tonight. what do you think are most likely to produce the most fireworks? >> reporter: well, juliette, again, we believe that the

benghazi attack will be top on mitt romney's list of attacks on the obama administration pointing out that the story has changed. of course, the obama administration defense is that they are reporting what they were told by the intelligence community. and that they are trying to get to the bottom of it and, of course, track down those responsible for killing americans but you can also expect the obama campaign to reprise something that senator kerry has been saying recently describing john kerry -- i'm sorry, he is describing mitt romney as being full of bluster and blunder and not having the kind of judgment that it takes to be commander-in-chief. >> also, bob schieffer is the moderator tonight. what can we expect from him? >> reporter: well, correspondent bob schieffer has selected the topic of discussion. he has selected the questions. he is making sure no one knows the questions in advance and he is going to cover as many foreign policy issues as possible. everybody says and believes

that this entire election will be about the economy. but as recent years have shown us, at any given moment there can be a foreign policy question and american voters will want to know where the candidates stand. of course they already know how president obama will react. but they don't really know a lot about mitt romney's philosophy and tonight will be his first and possibly last opportunity before the election to spell it out. >> thank you, randall pinkston. and you can watch the final presidential debate live tonight on cbs 5 starting at 6:00 and on cbssf.com. it is 5:12 now. major recall by nissan. the potential problem with thousands of cars. >> plus, screener face-lift? why the tsa is removing some body scanners at major airports. >> they are supposed to be bouncing around the australian out back. the strange spot where this guy ended up instead. coming up.

outback... but check out ths bizarre sight in an australn parking lot. a kanga it is something you expect to see in the outback. but this sight is inside an australian parking lot. he tranquilizers used to safely

remove the marsupial and taken to a vet for check-up. hoppy will be fine. nobody was hurt. just surprised. i imagine he is back in the outback. >> did you just call him hoppy? >> yes. >> nice ad lib. 5:16. we are going to check in with gianna on traffic. >> good morning. you know, it's a busy day out there because of all this wet weather we have on the roads. so give yourself some extra time as you head out the door. showing you bay area bridges now, live look at the bay bridge, traffic still light. it's still early but again slick surfaces out there as you work your way toward the toll plaza into san francisco. also san mateo bridge better news. over the weekend full closure of the san mateo bridge. all lanes are open everything clear and you can see traffic is moving with no problems in both directions between hayward and foster city. 14 minutes through there. elsewhere hot spots. two new accidents in the south

bay may slow you down a bit. south 280 we have reports of an accident blocking the left lane trying to get this over to the right shoulder. also south 101 a big rig wreck blocking the left lane and we are seeing delays approaching the scene at julian-mckee. harrison accident cleared out of lanes on 580. slow there through until they completely clear everything off. calistoga highway 29 at old lawley toll road, downed power lines. crews working to clear it out. use an alternate. westbound 580 altamont pass looks like we are seeing slow conditions. look at that. that's all for you, lawrence. >> isn't that exciting? we have snow up there from blue canyon. skiers, wax up your skis!

time to enjoy the storms in the sierra nevada. expect a foot of snow across the high country. we have some rain in the bay area. the main cold front now just dropping in through the north bay. you can see that's where the heaviest amounts of rain is. but it's going to slowly side across the rest of the bay area throughout the morning picking up moderate amounts of rainfall as you make your way toward the oakland hill on on the 580. it's going to be slick this morning. breezy at the coast this morning. temperatures in the 50s. by the afternoon, turning more towards showers. it will still be cool. highs only in the 60s. we may even see a couple of sunny breaks in between the clouds but showers continue to roll in on and off today and for the foreseeable future as we have this trough parked along the west coast. you have one band moving through today and a little break more showers on the way behind that and then another good system rolling through on wednesday. for today the cold front sliding into the bay area working its way slowly through so even by 9:00 you see that

band extending down across parts of the south bay while turning to showers in the north bay then in the afternoon we have the giants game and it looks like it's going to be okay. i think they will play the game although we'll have occasional showers rolling through. they may need to stop occasionally but they will get through the game nonetheless. we are expecting the temperatures to stay cool today. plan on 63 in livermore, 60 pacifica, 62 santa rosa. next couple of days unsettled weather showers continuing tomorrow and another band of rain rolls through on wednesday. by thursday and friday we dry out into next weekend. but guys, the rainy season is here and lots of snow in the high country. >> thank you. it is 5:19. new this morning, lance armstrong has been stripped of all 7 of his tour de france titles. that decision comes after the u.s. anti-doping agency banned armstrong from professional cycling. the agency claims it has overwhelming evidence that armstrong was involved in the most sophisticated doping

program. tour de france organizers say there will be no winners from 1999 to 2005. nissan is recalling nearly 14,000 of its cars because of some of their bolt that is could fall out. the recall affects certain altimas from the years 2012 and 2013. the affected vehicles were all made between may 10 and july 26. nissan says the bolts can be tightened at dealerships. good news for travelers. the tsa says it will begin moving x-ray machines from some major airplanes. passengers complain they are an invasion of privacy and images too revealing. new machines will draw a more generic image of the body instead of detailed scan. smaller airports will use the old technology. 5:20. a record-breaking groundbreaking in the south bay. when will the new home of the san jose earthquakes be ready

for soccer? >> plus, it could be the greatest touchdown of the season. our play of the day is coming up next. ,, ,,,,,,

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good morning. wet weather may slow down your morning commute so give yourself some extra time. we'll have your top traffic

trouble spots in just a few minutes. and a soccer fans broke ground for a new stadium and broke a record. more than 6,000 people dug a giant hole yesterday for what will become the new home of the san jose earthquakes. it's located across from the san jose airport and that was more than enough to set a new guinness world record for groundbreaking. fans are thrilled. >> teams who have never been to -- not even been to a final got their own stadium. we have two championships and we have been struggling and fighting for years to get a stadium. doesn't make sense. >> the franchise was founded in 1974 and has never had a permanent home. the privately funded stadium is expected to open in two years. >> they have some leftover shovels, too if you need one. 5:24. it's the battle of the

basement. raiders hosting the jags yesterday afternoon. both teams at 1-4 going into the game. jacksonville led into the second half raiders fighting back tying up the game in the 4th quarter. it goes to overtime. janikowski comes in and he is perfect right through the uprights. raiders win their second of the year 26-23. play of the day comes from the saints buccaneers matchup great play saints drew brees back to pass goes deep. keep an eye on joseph morgan and the great body control. he will get a touchdown. 48 yards later boom down up over... one more time. and he goes in. pretty nice. check this out. if he goes down to a knee he is done but puts the hand down, back up and gets the guy in his face, stands up, turns around and just for fun he is going to take one last bash. anyway, that's our play of the day. good stuff. 5:25. winner takes all tonight for

the giants. >> a look at the plays that forced game number 7 coming up. >> plus a school sex scandal involving top bay area athletes. what was uncovered and why official can't punish anyone. a wet start to the week. where the rain is coming down and how it could affect your commute.

th is within >> your realtime captioner: linda marie macdonald. the rain is back, heavier amounts of rainfall showing up in the north bay. more rain for everyone is on the way. >> that's going to make for a busy morning commute. i'll have details on trouble spots in a few minutes. >> the giants history making win and who will be on the mound for game 7. bring it on.

good morning. it's a wet monday, october 22nd. i'm frank mallicoat. >> good morning. i'm juliette goodrich. michelle griego is off. s it's a wet and the windy start to the morning commute. we'll look at the wet roads in corte madera right now where you can see the first strong storm of the season bringing lots of rain and just that little first touch of flooding in that area. usually we get a lot of rain that accumulates there off lucky drive. >> the guy tracking this and the guy that is so excited that he finally got to use his doppler radar, lawrence karnow. >> it's been forever since we have been able to break out the doppler. we have it dusted off and ready to go this morning as it looks like the first significant storm is rolling into the bay area. hi-def doppler showing heavy rainfall in the north bay. a good line making its way into the north bay. you can see some very strong storms embedded with that with heavy rainfall sliding through. it looks like it is going to slowly work its way throughout the entire bay area as we head

throughout the day. so that means we are going to see some of that rain picking up just about everywhere you go around the bay area today even in the south bay this is going to slowly work in your direction. you can check our high-def doppler radar on cbssf.com. right now we want to go to elissa harrington out live in the rain. >> reporter: first across the street look at that flag. you can see we are also dealing with wind gusts out here. then as you approach the 101 north on-ramp off industrial way we are seeing some standing water. there's a lot of localized flooding like this all over the bay area. in fact, the california highway patrol in marin county is asking drivers to drive below the posted speed limit because of flooding. rain started last night and will continue throughout the day. this is the first significant storm of the season which means it's a good time for drivers to brush up on safety tips while driving through the rain.

first thing you want to do is take it slow. also, maintain minor pressure on your brakes or tap them so you don't skid or hydroplane. and if you have been waiting to replace your worn tires now is the time. the weather is changing and drivers want to have good tread on their cars. so in corte madera right now, looks like the rain is actually letting off just a little bit. i shouldn't speak too soon though because it's been changing on us throughout the morning. but it's leaving an impact. we are seeing localized flooding. back to you. >> thank you. the storm is causing power ought angles around the bay area. an outage in oakland started with 7,000 customers. pg&e says it's down to 1900 right now. in san bruno and south san francisco, 800 customers are in the dark. no word on when it will be fully restored. >> and some good news for commuters. construction on the san mateo bridge finished way ahead of schedule and reopened over an

hour ago. it's good to go. we have a live look at traffic on the bridge. it's flowing. it had been closed since 10 a.m. friday night so crews could make some much-needed seismic upgrades and some repairs. crews have been so efficient they won't need to close the bridge against next weekend as planned way ahead of scud and up and working. >> gianna is here to tell us how the roads lock on other stretches. >> reporter: good morning. well, it is going to be very busy this morning because of all the wet weather. we have already seen a handful of accidents in lanes on the right shoulder, as well. so give yourself some extra time this morning. hi, juliette. [ laughter ] >> making a special traffic cameo. all right. let's work our way down to the south bay. you can see some red there on our sensors and that's a 101 problem near mckee and julian blocking lanes involving a big rig so give yourself some extra time. another hotspot southbound 280 at el monte/moody. this accident blocking the right lane. chp is still on scene. no word of injuries but that

may slow you down, as well. we are monitoring a traffic alert in calistoga at old lawley toll road shut down for wires down in the road and, of course, with this wintry weather, you are going to want to grab chains towards the sierra. 80 and 50, there are chain requirements so give yourself some extra time. that's traffic. back to you. >> thank you. 5:34 now. new this morning a train in fremont collides into a truck splitting it in two. the accident happened around 3 a.m. on auto mall parkway west of noble drive. the truck driver drove on the railroad crossing tracks. the vehicle got stuck and struck and that's when a union pacific cargo train hit it. the driver got out in the crash. this is in a remote part of fremont so no major traffic delays to report. a bizarre string of events ends with vallejo police shooting and killing a man. officers responded to two men arguing on an alameda street there yesterday morning. the men were in their late 20s.

they were both naked and appeared to be hallucinating. police say they had set their house on fire. investigators say the man was shot by an officer after he stuck an rifle in another officer's stomach. that suspect died. the other suspect is now under arrest. administrators at piedmont high school just found out what many students have known for years. some of the school's top athletes are taking part in a fantasy sex league. in a letter to parents the principal writes, the league was created by varsity athletes to document sex with female students. administerrers are taking steps to address the problem with the student body but no students will be disciplined since no one was identified by name. >> is immoral. it's not right. it's disgusting. whether it affects your college application, you know, hey, you know, you were all part of this you asked for it i guess. >> the principal says the school will have an assembly to talk about why the fantasy

league is wrong followed up by structured discussions in class. sports teams are expected to have talks about integrity and sportsmanship. well, they did it last night. the giants beat the cardinals in game 6. 6-1. >> pagan... game over, game 7 tomorrow night. >> how about that? the last game of the national league championship series set to go tonight. it's winner-take-all. game 7. and then off to the world series. cbs 5 reporter cate caugiran is at a wet and windy at&t park. she joins with us more. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. i'm sure a lot of giants fans are hoping this is the most rain that we'll see today. and it won't rain on their parade for tonight's game. this means that basically giants fans are one game away from winning -- or not winning but headed to the world series. ryan vogelsong was the star of the night. he struck out a career best nine in another post-season gem

and the giants forced a decisive game 7 handing st. louis a 6-1 loss. marco scutaro hit a two-run double and buster posey drove in the first run of the series with a groundout in the 1st inning. they were besides themselves with a sellout crowd. faithful fans, their giants delivered. >> they don't know how to lose. they stick with it. they are the best. they're awesome. it was a little torture but they're the best. >> it's been amazing. it's been a comeback from behind time of post-season and game 7 is going to be a great time. >> reporter: that winner-take- all game 7 will be tonight at 5:00 at at&t park. matt cain will start for the giants against kyle lohse. and again as we mentioned we hope that the rain won't be affecting the game. i know lawrence loves the rain and would love for everyone to be in raincoat gear but again we want everything good going on for tonight's game. i checked, tickets on stubhub

about $130 just for standing room only and i'm telling fans now be prepared, bring a raincoat. cate caugiran, cbs 5. >> or stay out of the rain and watch it on tv. nice job. a fight in the stands is overshadowing what was supposed to be a celebratory weekend for the san jose earthquakes. during yesterday's game against the l.a. galaxy an altercation broke out. 20 more cops were called in to restore order. when police got the incident settled, 100 people were removed from the stadium and 7 were arrested including one for a battery of an accident and resisting arrest. time now is 5:38. president obama and mitt romney are gearing up for their final debate tonight with both candidates in a virtual tie among likely voters. this debate could tip the balance. randall pinkston is in boca raton, florida with a look at tonight's final presidential debate. reporter: this will be the third and final time that the two candidates take the stage together for debate.

>> this debate matters more than ever before. >> reporter: expect moderator bob schiefferto spend plenty of time on libya. on sunday, republican senator marco rubio suggested the obama campaign tried to keep the foreign policy focus on the death of bin laden. >> is that why for two weeks they told us that the libyan incident in benghazi was a popular uprising and not a terrorist attack? because it ran counter to their campaign there. >> reporter: obama campaign officials say it's not their candidate who is playing politics with libya. >> even while the flames were burning in benghazi, mitt romney was sending out political press releases. >> reporter: president obama had a lead in the polls when the debates began. but the race has gotten tighter since then and the new cbs news poll of a key swing state shows the same result. in the battleground state of ohio, the president leads mitt romney 50 to 45% down from a 10- point lead at the end of september. >> the president created this false image of mitt romney in the minds of some voters knocked down in the first debate. >> reporter: the obama campaign has plenty to be excited about.

early voters in ohio favor the president 54-39%. >> if you look at the early voting that's going on around the country, it's very robust and it's very favorable to us and we think that's a better indicator than these public polls which are frankly all over the map. >> reporter: the president also leads among those who say they are going to vote on election day. randall pinkston, cbs news, boca raton, florida. and you can watch the final presidential debate live tonight on cbs 5 starting at 6:00 and on cbssf.com. and if you haven't registered to vote yet, your time is running out. applications must be postmarked or turned in no later than midnight tonight. the same goes if you do it online. alameda county will hold a special midnight madness voter registration starting at 5:00 at the downtown oakland office. nearly 500,000 people in san francisco have already

registered. and that's a new record for the city. so sounds like they are going to have a big turnout in a couple of weeks. it is 5:41. the first blast of winter hits the sierra. >> the ski resorts have their fingers crossed because of that stuff right there. we have a live report on the conditions on the roads up to tahoe coming up. >> when it comes to crazy fans, this may top them all of the wacky disruption in the middle of a play. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

during the florida state, university of miami football ran right a fan gets his 15 seconds of fame and causes quite a commotion during the florida state university of miami football game. the person in the orange shirts comes out of nowhere during the game. he was arrested but he didn't affect play. perfectly run through the traffic there. florida state won 33-20. he had to make a bet with somebody. or something. >> he had orange on, okay? >> probably had a beverage or two. crazy. it's getting cheaper to fill:your car but that may be a small consolation for bay area drivers. >> the price of gas nationwide has dropped more than 8 cents over the last two weeks.

the average cost of regular unleaded is now 3.75. diesel dropping 3 cents to 4.15 a gallon. in the lower 48, tulsa oklahoma is the cheapest at 3.26 but san francisco of course is the costliest averaging 4.51 a gallon. it is 5:45 right now. rain in the bay area means snow in the mountains as much as a foot of snow expected in the higher elevations. >> can you believe it? it's that time of the let's head out to blue canyon and placer county where cbs 5 reporter shawn bennett is braving the elements the first of many live shots, i imagine, in blue canyon. >> reporter: i'm a little shocked we're up here so early. it's not even halloween and we are seeing a lot of snow that came overnight. in fact, these trees out here looking like a lot of christmas trees in december. about a foot of snow. we are definitely seeing that

right here. digging down you can see the concrete here. caltrans is paving the roads. we want to get to video now from nyack which is one exit past blue canyon on interstate 80 eastbound. this is a place to pull off get your gas, rest and also chain up. somebody we talked to this morning wasn't really prepared for the conditions. they had to turn around, go back to a china install place, bit chains, go to nyack and put them on. they said they would rather be sleeping. they are miserable. we are at 5,000 feet. the snow began at 4,000 feet, quickly changed from rain to snow. so be careful going over the summit possibly into reno because there's a lot of cars up here that are fishtailing from the rain and sliding as well in the snow. but it is kind of cool to be up here just kind of that sideways blowing snow that stings you in the face. back to you guys. >> are the ski resorts -- they can't be open yet. are they thinking about it? >> reporter: i know that boreal opens up on halloween. everybody else is going to follow like the first of

november, 2nd, 3rd, 4th. so boreal is always the first one to open up. they want the extra money because a lot of the people who come to the bay area and sacramento area go way beyond boreal because boreal and sugar bowl are the first two resorts off 80. >> thanks, sean bennett, from blue canyon. you bet they are thinking about opening the resorts. >> now they are. let's jump on that horse. a guy that's pretty happy about all this lawrence, it's like your super bowl today, isn't it? >> exciting. nice to see rain back in the bay area after talking about fog and low clouds all summer. the rain is moving in. hey, it's coming down hard in parts of the bay area right now. look at our high-def doppler radar. we are seeing heavier amounts of rainfall especially into the north bay but the system is sagging to the south now beginning to show up along the peninsula and that's what we are going to see. wouldn't you know just for the commute the storm system is going to be packing a wallop this morning. a heavy line of storms making its way right here all the way near petaluma. you're going to see heavy rainfall picking up in the next few minutes sliding south

towards in novato and san rafael then across the rest of the bay area. so the rain continuing this morning. it's breezy as this system moves by. then as we head toward the afternoon, probably going to break off into showers. so we may see a couple of sunny breaks but showers will be on and off throughout the afternoon. looks like a cold front is going to hang around through this morning and get beyond that more showers but we're unsettled looks like for the next few days. let's see if we can time this out as the cold front moves by. about 9:00 this morning it will be down toward san jose turning to showers in the north bay. then in the afternoon, we have the big giants game. i think just some scattered showers so i think they will play the game but they may see some occasional showers throughout the game. and, of course, some cool temperatures to go along with that. highs only running into the 60s outside for highs today. looks like the next couple of days, the showers will continue on and off more rain on wednesday. and looks like finally some dry weather on thursday and friday. looks like we'll be dry through the weekend. check out our high-def doppler radar on cbssf.com. gianna? >> thank you, lawrence.

busy on the roads because of the rain. we are going live and check conditions across the richmond/san rafael bridge. we have alan brooks in our mobile5 unit. you can see traffic free- flowing heading there out of marin county over towards the east bay so so far no trouble spots as you work your way through that portion. now, elsewhere, if you are heading out of marin county through the golden gate bridge towards san francisco, heads up there, you might see some slightly slower speeds but overall okay into san francisco. got a couple of hot spots still brewing in the south bay south 101 at mckee that accident now cleared to the right shoulder. south 280 el monte wreck in the left lane slight delays approaching the scene. conditions along 101 at bayshore you can see traffic still moving along but we are dealing with slick surfaces this morning. so you might want to use mass transit as an alternate to avoid those wet roads. bart is on time with no troubles. bart, ace, muni, caltrain and your ferries no problems.

>> thank you. in "your world this morning," violent clashes in beirut left two dead and dozens wounded. tensions are high in lebanon between opponents and supporters of syrian president assad. the syrian civil war may spill into their country. jordanian authorities say they have foiled a terror bomb plot aimed at western diplomatic missions and shopping malls in jordan. a government spokesman says all of the suspects are from jordan. they reportedly smuggled in weapons from syria to use them in the plot. a spokesman says the men were assisted by al qaeda operatives based in iraq. it is 5:50. some incredibility video out of china. a 4-year-old boy got stuck between two buildings. it happened after he fell off a third floor balcony into that small little gap there. firefighters fortunately broke through a wall in one of the buildings to get him out. and luckily he only suffered

some cuts and scrapes. oh, my goodness. >> i would freak out. >> thanks to those firefighters. great job. 5:51. she is known for her dance moves and now ellen degeneres is getting a top comedy prize, as well. >> and we knew it had to end up somewhere. the bay area homeowners who and you coul hundreds."

heavy rainfall in the north bay but it is spreading elsewhere along the peninsula. more rain to come of the we'll talk about that coming up. >> and it's going to cause problems on the roads. we are seeing a backup at the bay bridge toll plaza. also getting word of some bart delays all that coming up in

just a few minutes. >> thank you. 5:53 now. when a fireball streaked across bay area skies on wednesday night, astronomers traced its path and thought there could be fragments somewhere in the north bay. turns out they were right. a homeowner in novato found a golf ball-sized piece of that meteor in her backyard. this is only the 20th meteorite found with a known trajectory helping scientists determine the place of its origin. >> this is a little souvenir of our past, a little photo album that tells us what happened. >> last wednesday's fireball was a precursor to the meteor shower saturday night. it is 5:54 now. there are now 7 new saints added to catholic saints. pope benedict xvi said mass yesterday dedicated to the new saints. two women who lived in america

received sainthood. one did her work in hawaii, the other was mohawk from upstate new york. kateri tekawitha the first native american to be canonized. brooks was inducted into the country music hall of fame in nashville along with two others. the 50-year-old released his self titled first album . garth brooks married to trisha yearwood. ellen degeneres will get the mark twain prize for humor at the kennedy center in washington today. the show is being taped for pbs and will include salutes from several celebrities. it is 5:55.

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a lot of rain throughout the bay area. i'll have a live report out here in the elements. city in first significant storm. season pounding the bay area. lots of snow in the sierra. we'll talk about it coming up. >> problems on the roads. where they are in a few minutes. >> and the winner takes all. giants and the